Word: seniors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This group, the first to include members of the Class of 1945, consisted of four men in Junior standing (10 to 12 courses completed), seven men in Senior standing (12 or more courses), and an additional group of five members of '44 who have been on leave of absence from the University since February...
...tough problem in design, since it had to be capable of carrying and loading hundreds of tons of tanks, seaworthy enough to cross oceans under its own power, shallow-draft enough to put the tanks directly ashore. It carries a full operational crew and is usually commanded by a senior grade lieutenant, Navy or Coast Guard...
...this impasse, some insurance thinkers have been looking for a new, constructive answer. One idea that is causing conservatives to harrumph in the insurance board rooms: that an investment pool for new or expanding industries be formed, with insurance companies sup plying the "senior" capital. Effect: a kind of privately owned RFC. Likelihood: little; the insurance business as a whole is doing too well as it is to be receptive to radical new tinkerings...
...returned to active duty in December 1940 and was appointed as a staff member of the Naval Training School in Los Angeles. He was at that school until June of last year when he came to Cambridge and assisted this Communications School. His first duty here was as the senior communications instructor and assistant to the head of the Academic Department. In May he was named personnel officer...
...senior's there is only one topic of discussion, and will be only one from now until the billets are announced. The standard greeting to a friend is: "What did you put in for?" There is a great deal of argument as to the value of first and second choices. Many officers took the attitude that they should state as their first choice exactly what they wanted even though, in some cases, they felt that they might not get it. Others took the very practical attitude of asking for what they thought they were going o get. It is wonderful...